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U.S. BASEBALL

RESULTS

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NEW YORK, July 18′ (Reuter) Only one game, in the National League was played yesterday a a night programme-

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PROFESSIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT

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FINNISH SUPREMACY IN DISTANCE RUNNING

Toisto Maki Follows Tradition Of Hannes Kolehmainen

(BY THE RECORDER) 售

THERE ARE SOME FEW MILLION PEOPLE In the land of Suomi there is nothing more irksome than a threat to the supremacy H distance-running that the men of Suomi have

so long enjoyed, There have been many threats in recent months to this supremacy, and time was when the men of Saomi had to reply to these... threats,

distance-running.

and

So Touto Maki, first man of Soumi in led to the tape, on June 16 and again last week, one one other man of Spoml, and they shattered the world records for the three mile run, the 5,000 metres run, and the two-mile run to the extent that the, record times that were now look ridiculous, and even the old.record books wish to be human. if only to be able to find comfort in an undisturbed blush: Some three decades ago, Finnish

supremacy in distance running

began. Before the days of the CORRESPONDENCE

Finns, the American Indian had

wearled the cinders and the soft UMPIRE'S ACTION

earth of the hill-paths with his effortless plod. The stop-watch in those bygone days ticked through its 50 odd minutes to the rhythm of the moving feet of Deerfoot and of Tom Longbow. But the Redmen had disappear- ed, and time had been when Alfred Shrubb, W.G. George and Jean Bouin had made their mark. before a Fihn was to come on the scene.

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APPROVED

Baseball Game Called Off

To the Editor, the "Hongkong

Daily. Press"

St-An extraordinary meeting of the Committee of the Hong- First Flying Fina

kong Baseball League was called Hannes Kolehmairien was the on Tuesday, July 11, to consider Finn. and he stayed put and the report of Umpire Charles reigned supreme 'until he was to Horton ол the baseball game retire to make way for the young played on Saturday, July 8, ber. er feet of A.O. Stenroos andtween the South China Athletic Paavo Nurmi, of Willle Ritola and Association, and the Chinese Base- Lauri Lehtinen, Lasse Virtanen. ball Club. The legal representa- Volmar Iso-Hollo, Ilmari minen, Gunnar Hoeckert, Arvo Askola,

Sai- tives of all the teams were present, and with the exception of the South China Athletic Association, who The Swede pondered at "Stock- had been duly invited to attend. holm, the Belgian at Antwerp. After hearing Umpire Horton's The Frenchman in Paris gazed report, and considering other after the tireless feet of Nurmi evidence from spectators and and Ritola, and muttered in weak newspaper reports, it was 11- tone, "Voila!"

At Amsterdam the Finish distance-run parade was con- tinued "to the bewilderment of the Burgomelster, and at Los Angeles a lad from the American North-west, as full of grit as a man can be, trail- ed the mighty Léhlinen to within an inch as the thou Bands upon thousands in the stadium went wild two winners breast the tape together, and preferred their

OWIŁ.

At Berlin, the parade went

on,

animously decided that in the opinion of the Committee, the South China Baseball Team had not endeavoured, to win the game, and Umpire Horton's action in calling off the game after twice warning the management of the South China Baseball team that hey would do so if they did not play ball, was approved by the Committee.

It was further decided that the game should be given to the South China Athletic Association, as the score at the sixth inning, when the game was called by the um-

A little Japanese faltered around pire, stood at 8 to 4 in favour of the track on the heels of the the Bouth China team.

mighty Finns. With a bigger The unsportsmanlike behaviour heart than frame about him he of the South China Baseball team followed and placed fourth in two was severely condemned by the races. But there were only three Committee, realizing as

they do Finns in each race

that such behaviour will seriously

Past Challenges

| re-act against the game of base- ball m Hongkong, and it can only Many have tried to stop the Finnish distance parade.

be hoped that this action on the Some few have succeeded. The Algerian, in the South China Baseball team part of the Committee will result

El Oauf, and a Chilein runner led the Finn, Martillainen, to the which they may participate in the going out to win in any games in

tape in the Marathon rice at Am- sterdam. At the Paris games. Edvin Wide of Sweden proved that recommend that the Directors of The League Committee further only two Finns, out there, better the South China Athletic Associa than he was at distance-running-tion, who in all sports have shown

Ralph Hill ran to within an inch

such excellent sportsmanship and

future.

of Lehtinen at the Los Angeles leadership, should reprimand the players involved in the incident under consideration.

games, and the Pole, Janusz Kus- zoczinski led in the Finnish array} in the 10,000 metres run.

At Los Angeles, and again at Berlin, the Finnish Marathon men failed. At Berlin, John Henry Jonsson, of Sweden, and the German, Alfred Dompert, won medals in distance races that

·Finnish' competitors were eager to have.

But at 5.000 metres and 10,000 ¦ metres and in the Steeplechase, the Finns took away will' nigh as

Yours faithfully, .W. Duclos

Roy Lau (C.B.C.) Chester Bennett (U.B. Club) A. Ribeiro, "(Recreio)

C. Hearther (Mindanao) HJ, Molthen (HKB.B.C.).

BOWLS TEAMS

many points as they could at Recreio, Kowloon F.C. every Olympiad from 1912 to 1938. Sides Chosen

Since Berlin, however, a shadow.

has hovered over the Finnish dia- The following" will represent tance-running arena. In Finland, Club de Recreio in league bowls

in post-Olympic year, the cham- matches to-morrow-

plons were of two minds. “ Were 1st Division" "B" (Home) " they to retire to make way for K.B.G.O.: ",

the younger men? Could. the C. M. Bilva, A. M. Xavier, C.-E. younger men, step easily into Pereirs, B. Basto; C. C. Pereira, D. their shoes?

O. Alves, L. J. Silva, F. X. Boares; Gunnar Hoeckert. retired for aF. A. Machado, G. H. Basto, F. V. while. Iso-Hollo and Askoal V. Ribeiro. J. J. Basto stepped into the background, 3rd Division (Away) vi. K.F.C. :--- competing only in races of minor

M. F. Alarcon, A. M. Rodrigues, Importance.". Lehtinen disap. J. R. 8oares, O. P. Remedios; A. F. peared almost from the map. Noronha, F. A. Xavier, C. A. Lopes, Salminen, plodded on

E Bous; C. Vas, J, C. Remedios, M... Alves, P.A. Zvanovich.

Younger Men Attive

of

He was joined by an array younger men: Maki, Pekuri, PHE- paneri, Kurid, Jarviner. It was F.C

KOWLOON F.C.

Second Division v. Hongkons LONG ISLAND, July 13 (Renter) then that distance-runners came C. Pl. B Thomson, J. Gibson, in the Third Round of the Fro to fame in other parts of the weld; w Groves A Eastman Lessional Golfers Association world, whom even the Mans were P. Younghusband, T.Fergusson, E. Tournament, Runyan beat Ben wont to hold in high regard. Evant, W. Simpson, V. Allenza, V Hogan 2 up and 1; Nelson beat The threat to Finalch supre Chittenden a Johnny Revolta 6 up and 4 Horton maey, it appeared, was no longer Turd Division Club de Re- Smoth beat Doser 4 up and 3; a dream. The Finns were not be · Laring- badly,, but more - poarly

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